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Other officials indicated that this database would facilitate the identification of soldiers killed in bomb attacks in insurgency-affected areas like the northeast and Jammu and Kashmir.

According to official figures, 0.028 percent of personnel of the three services have been infected by HIV. The strength of the army alone is 1.2 million.

Singh also said a final decision on the controversial issue of whether army nurses would be stripped of their uniforms would be taken by a committee set up by the army chief.

"The committee will make a decision in keeping with the Supreme Court order in this matter," he said. "Its decision will be final and no retaliation will be tolerated."

The army nurses have been up in arms over reports about a move to strip them of their uniforms and military ranks.

--IANS
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